MPR News Features are news segments created for various long-form programming, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered, amongst others. Features run the gambit of interviews, reports, profiles, and coverage.
December 12, 1996 - Telemedicine, using special video-phone or satellite connections to link up doctors with colleagues in other cities has been around for years. It's mostly been used for medical conferences and consultations with specialists. But as Minnesota Public Radio's Lorna Benson reports, some rural Minnesota physicians are experimenting with telemedicine in their emergency rooms... to see if they can hand over some of their late-night and weekend emergencies to doctors in bigger hospitals.
December 12, 1996 - University of Minnesota Presidential Candidate Mark Yudof got generally high marks from legislative leaders following a morning meeting at the capital. The board of regents votes tomorrow on whether to offer Yudoff the position of president.
December 12, 1996 - It's day three of Mark Yudof's campaign to become president of the University of Minnesota. Yudof has been running on an almost non-stop schedule of question-and-answer sessions with University groups... and observing him are the University Regents, who are preparing to vote on Friday whether to offer him the job.
December 12, 1996 - The Minneapolis City council today narrowed to two the number of possible downtown sites for a proposed new Twins stadium. And they adopted a resolution which leaves open the door for partial public financing of a new ball park.
December 12, 1996 - Arts organizations across the state got some good news from Governor Carlson. In his state of the arts address--an effort to underscore how the arts have become a one-billion-dollar industry in Minnesota--Carlson proposed a 12-million dollar initiative which would nearly double state funding for the arts in the next biennium. In an era of declining federal support, arts groups say the proposed increase couldn't come at a better time.
December 13, 1996 - An essay on "look at me" houses by Voices from the Heartland contributor Mike Perry.
December 13, 1996 - Mark Yudoff is the new President of the University of Minnesota.. Minnesota Public Radio's Martin Kaste is at the Regents meeting at the U and joins us now.
December 14, 1996 - MPR’s Greta Cunningham interviews author Lee Smith about using Christmas letters as an idea for creating a novel…with recipes, of course.
December 14, 1996 - Lessons passed from one generation to another are an important part of the continuity of family. However, commentator Ann Dunn recalls one time when the lesson was that of disappointment.
December 16, 1996 - Last week, Governor Carlson unveiled a plan that could nearly double the state's spending on the arts. In an effort to underscore how the arts have become a billion-dollar industry in Minnesota Carlson proposed a 12-million dollar initiative. But commentator Randall Davidson says the Governor is interested in boosting a different industry ... one that currently plays under the Metrodome. He says the Governor's pitch is really about two things: the proposed new Twins stadium and a finesse of public arts policy that will have profound impact in the short- and long-term.